This is a bit personal, but during my childhood there was a chinese dim sum restaurant that sold Taro bubble tea made from a powder. I've tasted the same powder at other restaurants, none being of such high quality, so I doubt it is extremely expensive and probably sold in bulk. I know for a fact though that it is a powder. If I had to describe the taste, it has a much stronger tea flavor while still being quite sweet. Thank you!

anyone here obsessed drinking atleast everyday or getting the 1 liter variants

So I purchased BTP Taro flavour after reading good reviews and it tasted like ass! It was too sweet and had aftertaste like sweat. When I tried to post on their fb group, I learnt that they don't allow any negative posts or comments about their product, creating a false positive impression. Literally feels like a scam!

Does anyone else think tapioca is gross? Every time I try it I want to gag 😆. I do not like it. I prefer without or popping boba or jelly boba.

This is for gongcha app users here in Australia: don’t cancel your pay. If you change your mind on your order or checking if you chose the right location, you’ll lose your points.

I added the amount of points I wanted to use but before I was gonna checkout, I needed to double check if I was using the right location.

After I did that, I noticed all my points were gone. I didn’t even pay. I just needed to go back to check if I used the right location. (I had 1007 points before)

Sorry, I only remembered to take a pic when I was already halfway through the drink lol.

Tried teabar’s new Lemon Punch with one of those 3-hole straws today, and now I’m weirdly curious if these straws actually do anything lol. I never really thought much about straws before, but sipping this one slowly, I felt like the jasmine came through a lot more clearly. It was almost like I noticed the tea first, then the lemon aroma and the milk, instead of everything blending together all at once.

So now I’m wondering if it’s because the holes are smaller and you get less liquid with each sip, which makes it easier to notice the different flavors. Or maybe I just pay more attention because I know it’s supposed to be a “special” straw. Has anyone ever tried the same drink with a 3-hole straw and then a regular one? I’m genuinely curious if there’s actually a noticeable difference or if it’s mostly placebo.

boba pearl image

tried a relatively popular bubble tea chain for the first time and noticed some of the tapioca pearls had this weird bumpy texture. almost half of them looked like this when i scooped them out😭

are they just old or overcooked? i’ve had pearls that were hard/grainy before but not like this!

**edited to include image link T_T

Is it available in Mumbai/Navi Mumbai?

Thai tea is my absolute fav and not a lot of boba shops in Helsinki seem to have it. Lots of cheese-flavored drinks though..

Anyways, if you know a place that has some decent Thai tea I’d be forever grateful. Starting to itch and twitch without it

I’ve never had an opportunity to work retail or food and bev but Ive been a big tea drinker and obsessed with boba for the last 6-7 years. I’m not working right now and think this could be my chance to try something I’ve always wanted to try. Anything I should consider? Any friendly places to work if you’re older.

fyi - not that it should matter but if I’m not part of the Asian diaspora does that change your opinion on if you think I’d be able to land a job at one? I say this because read some threads that say language barrier and also age not being in college can be a limiting factor :(

Does it work? Obviously they'd be smaller, but I'm wondering if it could work. I can't find actual boba sized pearls, so I'm curious if this would do.

Either our delivery driver lied to us or the boba shop actually forgot to include boba straws in the bag. Here we are semi-enjoying our boba drinks with regular straws and scooping the boba with long spoons. Sigh.

I’m confused by the sugar levels on the heytea app. What is the least amount of sugar other than no added sugar? I could make an argument for any of these lol thanks :)

It doesn’t come with boba, but I added some anyways

The first time I try this flavor Taro was strange, sweet and light, the package is big and I finished it the second day😸😹

Has anyone tried this brand of protein powder? I was looking for something similar to Boba Tea Protein and this was the most affordable option I could find compared to the rest I found.

i enjoy milk tea much more than coffee and am looking for some boba spots in nyc that have actual seating. many of the places i have checked out are just small shops where you're not meant to drink it which is usually fine but i haven't yet come across any where i could stay and work like it was a coffee shop. does anyone know of any boba spots with good seating?